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5-Letter Words (4):
A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
astir (5 points)
Prison in commotion (wordplay)
Up and about - is art (anagram)
Out from under the covers
A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1 = 5 pts
6-Letter Words (7):
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
answer (9 points)
It's yours for the asking!
By some means we reach this (wordplay)
Key feature (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ashlar (9 points)
Dressed stone for facing (A, not E)
Large masonry stones
Masonry made of large square-cut stones
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (16):
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
advisor (11 points)
One giving counsel (O, not E)
Commercial sun shade (wordplay)
Counsel of Ovid (ars horrendus)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
antsier (7 points)
More likely to fidget, say
Nastier stranger is more impatient
More prone to fidgeting
A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
artsier (7 points)
More pretentious, perhaps
With more aesthetic pretension
Affected to a greater degree
A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assayer (10 points)
Is the analyst like the speaker, perhaps
Metallurgist, for one
V.I.P. in a rush (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
8-Letter Words (32):
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
absurder (11 points)
More ridiculous
More ridiculous bends on road during Lincoln runs
It's more ridiculous - I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ancestor (10 points)
Someone in a tree (wordplay)
Great-great-great grandmother, for one
Someone up in a tree (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
appeaser (12 points)
One who gives in easily
Chamberlain, by reputation
Neville Chamberlain, to his critics
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
asperser (10 points)
One who runs a smear campaign
Vilifying villain
He accuses falsely, as the ship's officer said
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assenter (8 points)
One agreeing to make fool join
Yes-man, for example
... one agrees for fool to come in
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assessor (8 points)
Perhaps the woman is silly or values it
One with a taxing job (wordplay)
Perhaps she's silly or after 22 across
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assignor (9 points)
One transferring property rights, in law
Property transferor
One who nominates a southern Italian gentleman
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
attestor (8 points)
Notary, for instance
One's present at the trial, or ready to give one's 15 across at it
Certifier
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
9-Letter Words (18):
abolisher (14 points)
Abraham Lincoln, notably
Lincoln, notably
A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absconder (14 points)
Person on the run
Band score rewritten for The Fugitive
Fugitive running Bond's race
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
abstainer (11 points)
Seat in bar maybe not his (wordplay)
No little 21 across for one
Who's abandoned seat in bar (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
aggressor (11 points)
Communist China, by U. N. vote of 44-7
The one who 'started it'
Beginner of a quarrel.
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
appetiser (13 points)
An early form of fuel (wordplay)
Cook prepares it right away, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appraiser (13 points)
Vintage-vehicle valuation expert
Art expert, at times
Extoller of a news agency's virtues (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
archosaur (14 points)
""A reptile of the subclass Archosauria, which includes the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and the modern crocodilians.""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 14 pts
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assembler (13 points)
Constructor, of a sort
Person piecing something together
Code-converting computer program
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
A·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
10-Letter Words (13):
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
administer (13 points)
Manage publicity for one in church
Run as 'today's politician' (wordplay)
Pastor who pitches (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
advertiser (14 points)
One publicising a product (S, not Z)
He pays the price of publicity
He has his own ideas on hoarding
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
ambassador (15 points)
David K. E. Bruce, for one
Bunker, for one.
One who's goodwill hunting (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
ambuscader (17 points)
""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 17 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
astrologer (11 points)
Expert on moving house (wordplay)
Charter for 11 (wordplay)
House examiner (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
11-Letter Words (2):
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
assimilator (13 points)
ASSIMILATE To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
12-Letter Words (5):
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
A·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
antimacassar (16 points)
Non-PC chair protector (wordplay)
Chair cover mascara stain made a mess of
Protective cloth on upholstered seat
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
13-Letter Words (2):
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
14-Letter Words (1):
antifilibuster (19 points)
""FILIBUSTER A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
15-Letter Words (1):
autotransformer (20 points)
""A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil.compensator or balancing coil.""
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+S·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
17-Letter Words (1):
astrophotographer (28 points)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 28 pts
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